noun. Internal and external use of water as a therapeutic treatment for all forms of disease.

noun. The method of treating diseases by the external and internal use of water; hydrotherapeutics, especially in the cruder forms. See water-cure.

noun. The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.

noun. The therapeutic use of water, either internal or external

noun. the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease

"Meanwhile, the average townfolk turned to fixing themselves as well, trying everything from religion to vegetarianism to hydropathy—the last of which required cold water immersions, foot baths, douches, and the like."

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